Folding analysis for thin-walled deployable composite boom
Folding analysis for thin-walled deployable composite boom
Thin-walled deployable composite structures with high strain ability are of considerable interest and increasingly used in aerospace field due to their superior mechanical behaviour and folding function. This paper seeks to investigate large folding deformation behaviour of a thin-walled deployable composite boom (DCB) made of high strain carbon-fibre-reinforced-plastics fabricated by vacuum-bag and co-bonding technologies. Large deformation function tests are conducted to determine tensile, compression and folding behaviours of the DCB. Geometrically nonlinear, explicit and standard, finite element models and an analytical model are implemented to characterize the tensile and compression behaviours of the DCB, and the deviations of predictions from experiments are in an acceptable scatter. Furthermore, a geometrically nonlinear and explicit finite element model is also generated for folding analysis of the DCB, and a good correlation between predictions and experiments has been achieved.
Composite boom, Deployable, Folding, Geometrically nonlinear, Large deformation
Bai, Jiang Bo
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Chen, Di
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Xiong, Jun Jiang
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Shenoi, R. Ajit
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Bai, Jiang Bo
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Chen, Di
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Xiong, Jun Jiang
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Shenoi, R. Ajit
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Bai, Jiang Bo, Chen, Di, Xiong, Jun Jiang and Shenoi, R. Ajit
(2019)
Folding analysis for thin-walled deployable composite boom.
Acta Astronautica.
(doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.02.014).
Abstract
Thin-walled deployable composite structures with high strain ability are of considerable interest and increasingly used in aerospace field due to their superior mechanical behaviour and folding function. This paper seeks to investigate large folding deformation behaviour of a thin-walled deployable composite boom (DCB) made of high strain carbon-fibre-reinforced-plastics fabricated by vacuum-bag and co-bonding technologies. Large deformation function tests are conducted to determine tensile, compression and folding behaviours of the DCB. Geometrically nonlinear, explicit and standard, finite element models and an analytical model are implemented to characterize the tensile and compression behaviours of the DCB, and the deviations of predictions from experiments are in an acceptable scatter. Furthermore, a geometrically nonlinear and explicit finite element model is also generated for folding analysis of the DCB, and a good correlation between predictions and experiments has been achieved.
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V6_Folding Analysis of Thin-walled Deployable Composite Boom
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Accepted/In Press date: 12 February 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 February 2019
Keywords:
Composite boom, Deployable, Folding, Geometrically nonlinear, Large deformation
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Local EPrints ID: 429481
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/429481
ISSN: 0094-5765
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